the Birth was paſt, ſhe brought forth her Son. Revolution, or Expiration of ſome Days, Hannah concerved, and in due tine bare aSon. So the meaning is, Thar although her Husband knew her Conjugally at his return, and God was mindful of her, and intended in his time to give her his Bleſſing, yer ſhe did not Conceive at firſt, but after ſome days, or time afterwards. 9» ie, She called, not doubting of her Husbands conſent to the Name. The Names of Children were given to them, ſometimes by their Fathers, and ſometimes by the Mothers. See Gen. 4+ I, 26; and 5, 29: and 21 3. and 19. 37, 38, &c.
21 And the man Elkanah, and all his houſe z, went
up to offer unto the LORD the yearly ſacrifice 2, and his vow 6b.
z ( 7. e. ) His Wife Penimah,and his Children. which are of-times Called a mans Houſe in Scripture, Hannah only and her Child ex- cepted, as it here follows. s That ſolemn Sacrifice which was of fercd up once every Year ; probably the Paſchal Lamb, which is oft called a Sacrifice, as Exod. 12. 29, and 34+ 25- 6 By which it appears, though it was not expreſſed before, that he beard and conſented to her Vow, which was neceſſary to make it Obligatory, Numb. 30. and that he added a Vow of his own, of ſome ſingular Sacrifice to be offered, if God anſwered his prayers.
22 But Hannah went not up c, for ſhe ſaid unto her
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husband, I will not go wp until the child be weaned g, and ther I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever e.
c To wit, at that ſacred Anniverſary-Feaft, to which ſhe went up before, but now did not, becauſe ſhe could not with fatisfaftion ro her Mind and Conſcience appear before the Lord Em pty, or with= our paying her Vow ; nor bring her Child thither to Gcd, and then carry him away from God to her own houſe. Nor did the fin by not going up ; for the Wemen were not obliged to go up atthe ſolemn Feaſts burthe Men only, Exod: 23. 17. d Not only from the Breaſt and the Milk, which was done within two or three Years at moſt, but allo from the Mothers Knee and Care, and from Childiſh Foed - ri]l che Child be ſomething grown up, and fit to do ſome Service n the Tabernacle : for it ſcems, that as ſoon as he was brought up, he worſhipped God, v. 28. and preſently afrer miniſtred tro Eli 1 S479. 2 11. And this may ſurther appear from the very Nature of the Vow, which muſt needs deſign a Service and an Advantage ro the Tabernacle, and not a Burden and Encumbrance, as it would have been if a young Child had been brought up to it, and left up* on it. e That when oncehe is preſented to the Lord, he may con» tinue in his Service as long as he liveth, as is ſaid v, 28.
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ed him. | f Either, Firſt, The word of God made known to them by El, above, v- 17. which being delivered by Goa's High-pricſt, and that in anſwer to his and his Wives prayers, he took to be a kind of Oracle ſent from God. But that word was already fulfii'ed in che Birth of a Son. Or, Seco:1dly, ſome other Word or Meſſuge from God to Elkanah or his Wife concerning Samuel ; for ſuch Revelati- ons were frequent in thoſe Ages of the Church, and were off vouch- ſafed by God, concerning ſuch Children as were extraordinary per- ſons, or in a ipecial manner devoted to God ; as Concerning Iſaac Gen. 18. and Samſon, Judg. 13: 3, 4+ and John Baptiſt, Luke Is 13, i45 &c. and others* And ſo it might be here, though 1t were not mentioned before, there being many ſuch things in Scriprure omit- ted in their proper places, which afterwards ar- expreſſed or im- plied upon ks occaſions. Or rather, Thirdly, It may be renured þis matter or thing ; i. e« The buſineſs concerning the Chi!d that which thou haſt promiſed or Vowed concerning him, that he may grow up, and be accepted and employed by God in his Service ; and that he, when he is fully grown, may not break thy Vow, bur confirm 1t- | :
24 4 And when ſhe had weaned him, ſhe took him up with her, with three bullocks g, and one ephah of flour h, and a bottle of wine i, and brought him unto the houſe of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child as young.
Z Either, Firſt, One to be offered at that time : the other two preſented to the Prizſt. whether for his own uſe, or to be offered afrerwards, as he ſaw fir. Or, Secondly. One for a Burnt-offering, the Second for a Sin-cfferingy, the Third for a Peace-offering ; of which th:y might all Feaſt rogether ; for all theſe ſorts ſeem expe- dient for this work and time. + For the Meat-offerings bel-nging to the principal Sacrifices, which ro each Bullock were three tenth- deals, or thres tenth parts of an Ephah, as :ppears from Numb. «5, 9. and 28. 12; and fo nine Homers, or nine parts of the Ephah were ſpent, and the tenth part was either a ſeparate Meat-offering, or given to the Pricſt- i For Drink-offerings, according to the man- NCT.
25 And they ſlew a bullock &, and brought the child to Eli.
& Either, Firſt, One of the three at preſent, reſerving the reſt for the future. Or, Secondly, The three Buliccks mentioned. v 22. to which the Article here added, inti.e Hebrew, ſeems manifeſt'y to relate; there being no one Bullock there, fingled our, to which it can belong: And ſoitis only an Enailage of the ſingular Number for the Plural, which is frequent.
26 And ſhe ſaid, O my lord /, as thy ſoul liveth ms, my lord, I am the woman that ſtood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.